Glance — Beautiful Self-Hosted Dashboard for All Your Feeds

What it is

Glance is a self-hosted dashboard that aggregates RSS feeds, Reddit posts, YouTube channels, weather forecasts, stock prices, GitHub releases, and more into a single, beautiful page. It runs as a lightweight Go binary configured with a simple YAML file. No database, no external dependencies.

Glance is designed for developers and power users who want a personal dashboard that consolidates all their information feeds without relying on third-party services.

How it saves time or tokens

Checking multiple sources (RSS reader, Reddit, YouTube, GitHub) throughout the day fragments your attention. Glance consolidates everything into one page with automatic refresh. You configure it once and get a live dashboard that updates continuously. The widget system is modular: add only the feeds you care about, remove what you do not need. No sign-up, no tracking, no ads.

How to use

1. Deploy with Docker:

docker run -d --name glance -p 8080:8080 \
  -v ./glance.yml:/app/glance.yml \
  glanceapp/glance:latest

1. Create a glance.yml configuration file:

pages:
  - name: Home
    columns:
      - size: small
        widgets:
          - type: weather
            location: San Francisco, CA
          - type: stocks
            stocks:
              - symbol: AAPL
              - symbol: GOOGL
      - size: full
        widgets:
          - type: rss
            title: Tech News
            feeds:
              - url: https://hnrss.org/frontpage
              - url: https://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/technology-lab
          - type: reddit
            subreddit: programming

1. Open http://localhost:8080 to see your dashboard.

Example

A developer-focused dashboard configuration:

pages:
  - name: Dev Dashboard
    columns:
      - size: small
        widgets:
          - type: releases
            repositories:
              - go-gitea/gitea
              - kubernetes/kubernetes
          - type: bookmarks
            groups:
              - title: Tools
                links:
                  - title: GitHub
                    url: https://github.com
                  - title: Linear
                    url: https://linear.app
      - size: full
        widgets:
          - type: hacker-news
            limit: 15
          - type: rss
            title: Blogs
            limit: 10
            feeds:
              - url: https://blog.golang.org/feed.atom

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Common pitfalls

• Not mapping the config file volume correctly in Docker. Without the volume mount, Glance uses its default configuration instead of your custom setup.
• Adding too many widgets to a single page. Glance loads widget data on each refresh. Too many external feeds slow down the page load. Start with 5-10 widgets and add more as needed.
• Forgetting that Glance fetches external feeds from the server. If running behind a corporate firewall, ensure the server has outbound access to your feed URLs.
• Starting with an overly complex configuration instead of defaults. Begin with the minimal setup, verify it works, then customize incrementally. This approach catches configuration errors early and keeps troubleshooting straightforward.